Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion

[Kid Berwyn]

Source: BBC

A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial.

Benny Tai, 60, and Joshua Wong, 28, were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists and lawmakers who were involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections.

Tai received 10 years while Wong received more than four years. A total of 45 people were jailed for conspiring to commit subversion. Two of the defendants were acquitted in May.

This was the biggest trial under the national security law (NSL) which China imposed on the city shortly after explosive pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2l4eynl4zo

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Information to keep in mind as we do all we can to keep this from coming to the good ol’ USA.

[Farmer-Rick]

1. And yet the US has more people in jail

Then China.

"As of the end of 2023, the United States had roughly 1.8 million people in prison, while China had an estimated 1.69 million."

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2021.html

And the red states have a lot more prisoners than the blue states. It's how MAGAts stay in power.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. November 6 results may amplify that sad stat.

America’s prisons may soon resemble China’s prisons, where a large percentage of convicts are serving time for political crimes — like espousing Democracy.



Who will stand up for democracy in America, as the Chinese bravely stood in Tiananmen Square?